Battle of the TV Shows - Firefly never makes the 64, and Seinfeld unfortunately wins.

[To Be Quite Honest]

Originally Posted by DuffMan

Did you get all of those shows out of this sub forum? I know I've talked about a few that were on there.

Anyways, I voted for a bunch and I want Xena and Lost Girl added

and "V" and Dollhouse and Sarah Conner.

At one point "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" was the most popular show world wide... It beat out the Baywatch titan at the time. Those two should be in there just from their popularity alone.

I also would call it scripted TV or else Oprah and The Price is Right, Wheel of Fortune, blah blah blah should be in there.

TV shows are better than they were a decade ago. Especially character plot shows. It would make sense that most of them in the list would be in the last few decades.

[3 Justin 3]

Originally Posted by YYC in LAX

Ok voted for Sex and the City, Glee, Friends, and Will & Grace. Now what?

PM MRCboicgy?

[Hockey]

Here is a list of shows that failed to qualify for the tournament

Spoiler!

Eliminated shows

1.Boston Public
2.Bonanza
3.Nip/Tuck
4.Metalocalypse
5.Slings and arrows
6.Misfits
7.The Practice
8.Bones
9.Jericho
10.Luther
11.American Gothic
12.Girls
13.Jeffersons
14.Beavis and Butthead
15.Tales from the crypt
16.CSI:Miami
17.Brady Bunch
18.All in the Family
19.CSI:Las Vegas
20.Downton Abbey
21.Once Upon a time
22.I love Lucy
23.Alias
24.The League
25.Rescue Me
26.Friday Night Lights
27.The Following
28.Tudors
29.Hell on Wheels
30.Flight of the Concords
31.Twilight Zone
32.Sex and the City
33.Homicide:Life on the street
34.Boston Legal
35.Smallville
36.Family Ties
37.Twin Peaks
38.Prison Break
39.Suits
40.Quantum Leap
41.Oz
42.American Horror story
43.Dukes of Hazzard
44.My Name is Earl
45.King of Queens
46.The Shield
47.The League
48.Angel
49.Pinky and the Brain
50.Top Gear
51.Californication
52.Rome
53.The West Wing
54.Castle
55.New Girl
56.American Dad
57.The Office(British)
58.King of the Hill
59.Doctor Who
60.Roseanne
61.Chuck
62.Smallville
63.ER
64.Criminal Minds
65.Justified

[3 Justin 3]

Top Gear didn't qualify?

Tournament is therefor invalid.

[trackercowe]

I might have to set up a bunch of fake accounts to vote for The Simpsons. It would be criminal if it doesn't make the final four at the bare minimum.

Empire Magazine actually ranked it as the greatest show of all-time.

http://www.empireonline.com/50greatesttv/

Their top ten is:

1. Simpsons
2. Buffy
3. The Sopranos
4. The West Wing
5. Lost
6. 24
7. Friends
8. The Wire
9. The X-Files
10. Spaced

Pretty solid list aside from the inclusion of Friends at #7. I don't see how anyone can see it as the best sitcom ever.

We should do this for movies as well later in the month. Not much else to do now that the Flames are out of it.

Edit: Damn Family Guy made the list. It's not better than American Dad!

[Displaced Flames fan]

Do not understand how The Shield isn't a top 64 show. How many people actually voted?

[Hockey]

A few more of the shows will be added. I miscounted.

[Hockey]

Ok the match-ups are now set and the voting can now begin. Try and vote in each match-up, even if you don't like either show. Flip a coin, close your eyes, do whatever you need to do.

Just doing 2 divisions for now. Will keep voting open until the voting slows down or 48 hours.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FYMD96Q
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/F22H7JL

[trackercowe]

So there will be two more divisions added later then?

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Disappointed The shield is not in there. In my top 5 all time. The show was just relentless when it came to drama. So intense.

[Hockey]

Ya I'm just doing 2 for now. I'll add the other 2 after the voting is closed for these ones.


Also feel free to discuss the match-ups, who you voted for, why and anything else.

[DuffMan]

Originally Posted by Hockey

Ok the match-ups are now set and the voting can now begin. Try and vote in each match-up, even if you don't like either show. Flip a coin, close your eyes, do whatever you need to do.

A lot of these pairings I have seen neither, so it was NOT a scientific poll, like CNN would do. I guessed.

[trackercowe]

I voted for the following:

Seinfeld
Justified
The Wire
The Office (American)
Spartacus
Archer (haven't seen either)
Fresh Prince
Sherlock (never seen either honestly)
The Simpsons
Arrested Development
The Sopranos
Band of Brothers
Buffy
South Park
Boardwalk Empire
M*A*S*H

The two toughest choices were Justified over Dexter and The Office over Fringe. I've grown quite an appreciation for what Justified has been able to do in just four seasons. It really doesn't have highs or lows, but instead offers a steady stream of quality entertainment. Meanwhile with Dexter you have a few great seasons, than a couple that were pretty poor.

Then with Fringe vs. The Office, I find that The Office is really the only current sitcom I bother to watch more often than not anymore. There are a couple of characters I dislike on the show (particularly Ed Helms as Andy), but I figured it deserved the vote. I still haven't seen the last few episodes of Fringe, so that might have changed my vote if I had seen them.

[Hockey]

The match-ups were mostly selected at random.

[TurnedTheCorner]

Sad to see Luther, The West Wing, and Criminal Minds immediately eliminated.

[TurnedTheCorner]

Did I miss something, or was GoT not in either poll?

[trackercowe]

Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner

Did I miss something, or was GoT not in either poll?

He said two more polls will be added later. Obviously GoT will come in there.

[Hockey]

Yes GOT is a #1 seed, breaking bad is the other #1.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

How MASH was only an 8th seed I'll never know...

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Dexter a two seed? Really people? 3 good seasons and 4 bad ones, show hasn't been good in years.

Boardwalk empire vs wonder years was a tough one for me. Love both those shows.